Miscellaneous References and Mentions

While our initial information about Amarillo came from various goverment sources (GNIS, US Census, FIPS), we also found mention of Amarillo in various books, maps and other sources.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that proved useful in adding to our knowledge about Amarillo. We hope that they will be useful to you.

Note: Initially, we were careless about keeping track of where our Amarillo data came from. The following list of references and mentions is incomplete.

Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895)
Published by Rand McNally & Co.

A note taken from the Shipper's Guide for Amarillo:
Services available in 1895: had a Post Office, a Railroad Station, an Express Office

SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Texas
Written by: Walker, Mike
Published by Steam Powered Video (SPV), 2001
(Available from Amazon.com)

Road Map for Texas (from Shell Oil, 1956)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Shell Oil Road Map for Oklahoma (1948)
Published by Shell Oil Company

Amarillo is contained in a comprehensive list of Post Offices that was created by Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<1>

We found Amarillo in these Censuses: 2010-1990. See our Census Page for Amarillo for more information.

Both the GNIS and FIPS databases contain entries for Amarillo. See our Misc Page for Amarillo for more information.

Railroad Mentions of Amarillo:

Amarillo was mentioned in the following schedules:

Burlington Northern Railroad Time Tables (April 1970)

Greyhound Bus Time Table (November 1931)

Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929)

Trailways Santa Fe Bus Time Table (July 1945)